Driven well



(No Model.) I

J. SHAW.

L DRIVN WELL.. No. 278;?51. Patented June-5, 1883. e i l 17.

N. PETERS4 Pneca-Lnhographor wz mngmn D C 5 usefullmprovenient inDrivenWells, of which the last section thereoi, and a section of the io than twenty feet below the surface, to eXcavat-e i 5 necessity of excavating. ln some cases l make 2o pump -valve or plunger that is adapted to work UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JEHYLEM'AN SHAW, OF BBilDGFBC `T, CONNECTICUT.

DRn/EN WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi.'y Letters Patent No. 278,751, dated June 5,' 1883.

' Application filed August 1, 1882. ,Glo model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: be in sections, and when theV pipe C (twenty- Be it known that l, JEHYLEMAN SHAW, of six feet or less in length) has been driven into Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and the earth the coupling D will then be screwed State of Connecticut, have invented anew and or otherwise secured upon the upper end of 55 the following is afull, clear, and exact descriplarge pipe A will thenbe screwed or othertion. wise secured to the coupling. The driving lt is n ow the practice in sinking` driven will now be continued, section after section of wells, where the water-bearing stratumis more the pipe A being added, until the point B 6o shall have been proj eeted into the water-bearing stratum. ln case the large pipe A is used the whole depth oi' the well, the plunger or valve E will be located in the pipe near the upper end of the point B, asshown in Fig. 1, so that it will stand near the water or partly or wholly submerged in the water, or it may be located any suitable distance less than twenty-six feet above the water, as may be deemed best, according to the construction of F the plunger used, but in case the small pipe both upon the suction and lift principles. f C and the large pipe A are combined in form- Beference is to be had to the accompanying ingv the well the valve or plunger will be lodrawings, forming part oi' this specification, in cated in the pipe immediately above the which similar letters ot' reference indicate corcoupling between these two pipes. Tn the 75 the ,earth down to within that distance of the water-bearing stratum and then to drive the pipe from the bottom of this excavation.

The object ot my invention is to avoid the use of a large pipe to be driven the whole distance to the water-beariiig stratum, while in others l use both a large and small pipe suitably coupled together, and l make use or' a 5 responding parts in all the figures. former case the valve or plunger, it' located at Figure l is a sectionalelevation oi' the lower the bottom oi' the tube, when operated must portion of the large pipe or tube, having the act upon the lift principle and lii't the water in valve located near the bottom thereof. Fig. the tube, and any lifting-valve may be used'.

2 is a front elevation, showing the large and lt' located above the point B, the water must 8o y 5o small. pipe and coupling; and Fig. 3 is a cenbe raised first by suction and then lifted, so

35 whole depth ot' the well. This pipe is about tionthroughthe pipe C and lifted in or through 4o tion after section, lin the ordinary way, but in 5o pipe C- will be driven into the ground first, in

tral longitudinal elevation ot' the large tube that in that instanceadouble-acting valve must and double-acting plunger.' be used, and a double-acting valve must also ln all eases where the soil is difii cult to penebe used in case the small pipe C is used in form'- trate l prefer to drive the large pipe A the ing the well, the water being drawn by sue- 85 two inches or two and one-half inches in diainthe pipe A to the spout or discharge. The eter, and is made in sections and provided at double-actiiig valve or plunger E, whichlhave its lower end with the perforated point B, and invented for this purpose, is shown clearly is adapted to be driven into the ground secin Fig. 8, and consists oil the stationary shell 9o or casing e, reciprocating plunger g, plungerrod h, (to which the plunger is attaclied,) water-tube sleeve g,-attached to t-he plunger y, and the tight packing 7c. The tube j leads from the packing k to the top oi' the pump, 9 and the water is elevated up through it, an the plunger-rod hy leads up through it to the pump-curb, where it is connected with the pump-handle. The shell or casing c is screwed upon the lower end oi' the tube j, and is thereby held stationary, and this shell or casing is oi' smaller external diameter than the internal ,case the soil is light l shall use the large pipe A and the s'n all inch and one-quarter pipe C, which pipes, in the process of driving, will be coupled together at the proper time by the 5 conical coupling D. .The pipe C will not in any case be more than twenty or twenty-six feet in length. lt will be made in sections, and

its lower section will be provided with the perforated point B', and in sin ing the well this the ordinary manner. The pipe A will also ,firmbeing placed in and secured 551i i'n one of the lower sections ofthe pipe A be fore drivin but I prefer to complete the driving of the pipes A or A', and then lower j with the packing 7: and plunger, l' casing, and valve into them, thus avoiding all ol danger ofinjuring these parts 1in driving, and

this manner they inay be easily ta (en up for repairs without disturbing the pipes ofthe well.

y this method of driving wells it. will be 65 seen that water may be elevated any height, and that the difficulty new experienced in obtaining ratcr from deep water-bearing stratu m is entirely overcome.

Instead of making theeasing c stationary in 7o t ie pipe A and adapting the pl ungerf/ to be reciproeated therein, this order might be reversed diameter of the pipe A or A', so that the anl f/ and packing 7c iiular water-space Zis formed around it, and it is provided at its lower end with the flap-valve m, and is perforated at its upper end, as shown ngs are closed from the by the rubber or leather collar I), which acts as a valve to all ofthe openings. T e plunger g is provided sleeve g, which extends up into the tubej and reciproeates with the plunger, and is provided at its lower end with the nap-valve a, and is formed with the series of holes fi z" at its upper end, which are closed froni the inside of the plunger with the leather or rubber collar b', which acts as a valve to close these openings up on each downward .movement ofthe plunger. rlhe packing' k is of rubber or similar inaterial, and is pi'aetically airtight in the pipe A, and serves also to keep the tubej centered in the pipe A or A.

rhe action ofthe valve or plunger is as follows: pon the downward movement of the plunger the holes t" fi will. be closed by the eollar b, and a vacuum will be formed i n the A/ space in the shell or casing e above the plunger, which will cause the water to be drawn froni the annular space l .into this space.

could be used, the remainder being' pip the saine size as the pipe (l, coupled to theupper end of the large pipe. In suoli construe` 8o tion the sections of large pipe would consti tute a chamber for the plunger, and the sleeve y A'rom the plunger up into the th`s valve and the plunger is full of water th e plunger rod being operated water will pass up through the valve a into the upper safne as in 85 the interior of the plunger and tube g. the pipej.

upon the upward movement ofthe plunge the Vfhen the pipe Gis used it will be understood valves b and a will be closed and the valves I) that the well will be much cheaper than when and m will be opened, so that the water in the the well is fornied entirely ofthe large pipe A,

small pipe, the

within shell e above the plunger will be forced through since the pipe C can be driven more easily and 9o the openings f1." 'i' into the interior of the plunrapidly, and is of itself less expensive, than ger and tube g, the large pipe.

already therein will be elevated into the tube I Having thus described my invention, what I elaiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters l Patent, is`

l. In a driven well, the combination. with forced up into tlieinterior l.' the sniall pipe C, of thelarge pipe r coupled ofthe valve g upon its next downward move- I thereto by the conical coupling D, substanment, which inoveinent will again fill the space I tially as and for the purposes set forth.

In this inaiiner it will be i 2. T e pipe A, provided with a double-aetseen that the plunger is double-acting, receiving plunger, in combination with the sniall pipe C and the coupling D, substantially as described.

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J EH YLEM A. N SHAW.

the pipe A A', and these parts nia` f be put in at the time and as fast as the sections ofthe pipe are driven, the easing 

